"You’re going to be ok. It seems scary at first, but then it’s not so scary any more and then it’s not scary at all."

From her mother, Kate:

"People have asked me if Penny’s Dexcom is a GPS device. I’ve asked Penny if she feels high in in the grocery store and have gotten all kinds of weird looks.

I wish people knew how much mental energy T1 requires, that it really isn’t a set it and forget it kind of thing. You are thinking about it constantly, like a program that runs in the background on a computer, always there pulling energy.

It doesn’t get easier, but you get better at it. Early on I found that we got so focused on Type 1 we were prioritizing her physical health over her social and emotional wellbeing. Sure her A1C looked great, but the stress we were causing her wasn’t fair. We taken a step back, recognizes what a huge mental health component there should be in Type1 care, and found a happy medium. We say yes a lot more."